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Minutes after Pete Hegseth promised to untie the hands of the military and unleash violence, Donald Trump named the cities hed go to war with next.
https://newrepublic.com/post/201106/trump-war-american-cities-military-meeting
https://archive.ph/OILWs

Trump told senior generals and admirals they will be going to war on U.S. soil. In his address Tuesday before a rare gathering of hundreds of military leaders, who were summoned from around the world to Virginia, the president lamented what theyve done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angelescities where hes threatened to send troops based on the baseless notion that Democratic officials have allowed crime to run rampant there.
Priming the top brass to conceive of forthcoming military operations in those cities as a war, Trump continued, Theyre very unsafe places, and were going to straighten them out one by one. And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. Thats a war too. Its a war from within.
Trump: San Francisco and Chicago, New York, Los Angeles⦠We'll straighten them out one-by-one. It will be a major part for some of the people in this room. Itâs a war too. Itâs a war from within
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-09-30T14:43:41.317Z
Trump later added that hes told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our militaryNational Guard, but military. Because were going into Chicago very soon. The declaration came just after Hegsethwhose department Trump is seeking to rebrand as the Department of Wartold the group, War is something you do sparingly, on our own terms, and with clear aims. We fight to win. We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy.
We also dont fight with stupid rules of engagement, Hegseth added, referring to rules that govern when, how, and to what degree members of the military are permitted to use force against foreign combatants. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country.
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intrepidity
(8,497 posts)and this newly unleashed military goes after them.
dalton99a
(90,593 posts)generalbetrayus
(1,272 posts)Ping Tung
(3,823 posts)Will they do it? Sadly, I'm recalling Kent State and My Lai.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. Napoleon Bonaparte
Insanity on steroids
rubbersole
(10,683 posts)The 25th Amendment was written for this reason. Between the AI racist vulgar video tsf posted last night and the unconstitutional speech he just gave...what else does any patriot need to see?
Wednesdays
(20,939 posts)Ain't gonna happen.
rubbersole
(10,683 posts)There has to be a 'revolt' amongst the oligarchs that are running this shitshow. It would start with Murdoch. With putin's blessing.
Wednesdays
(20,939 posts)Even if he were still alive.
underpants
(193,398 posts)MAGA knows exactly what hes talking about
NCDem47
(3,121 posts)But...they'll try!
And where are all those "Don't traed on me" types now? You know, the ones who thought Obama and Biden were going to snatch them out of their homes in the middle of the night?